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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Henry sum up his idea of le bel aujourd'hui?
(a) Sitting down to a good meal daily
(b) Sunshine and lilacs all year long
(c) No memories, no suffering, no interruptions
(d) No sorrows, no regrets, no past, no future

2. Why does Boris not introduce Henry to the American woman who comes to see the apartment?
(a) Because he fears Henry will say the wrong thing
(b) Because Henry needs a bath
(c) Because she is beautiful
(d) Because he hates Henry

3. What is Marlowe's usual trick to get out of paying a bar bill?
(a) He pretends he is going blind.
(b) He pretends he doesn't see the bill.
(c) He makes a quick trip to the toilet.
(d) He mumbles about leaving his wallet in other pants.

4. How long has Henry's wife, Mona, been gone from Paris?
(a) A year
(b) A month
(c) Several days
(d) Three years

5. What does Henry buy with the money he takes from Peckover?
(a) A dozen eggs
(b) Coffee and a croissant
(c) An American breakfast
(d) A cheap bottle of wine

6. Why can Henry not go to the cinema or into the opium joint?
(a) He can't afford to be seen there.
(b) He is short a few sous.
(c) He needs to save the money to buy breakfast.
(d) He has been banned from both places.

7. Who are most of Henry's friends in Paris?
(a) Waiters
(b) Other Americans
(c) Spaniards
(d) Jews

8. What does the young Hindu do before leaving Paris?
(a) Gets the last of Henry's money
(b) Visits a brothel again
(c) Signs a book deal with a publisher
(d) Gets drunk

9. Sleeping on a mattress in the hall, what is Henry's troubled dream?
(a) Boris, Carl, and Tania laughing at him in the Louvre.
(b) The Mona Lisa scratching herself to get rid of bedbugs.
(c) The dancers and audience of Follies-Bergere all naked and scratching fleas.
(d) Germaine forcing him to marry her when she gets pregnant.

10. What lucky find does Henry make in the cafe?
(a) A book by Papini
(b) A ticket to a concert
(c) A woman who loves to support artists
(d) A wallet filled with francs

11. About what does Serge want to learn?
(a) Fishing
(b) Import-export
(c) California wines
(d) Worms

12. At the Villa Borghese, what is the Englishman doing upstairs?
(a) Tap dancing
(b) Hammering nails
(c) Playing Bach
(d) Cooking stew

13. How does Nanantatee irritate Henry?
(a) He does not offer wine to Henry when he drinks.
(b) He insists on calling him Endree.
(c) He tries to convert Henry to Hinduism.
(d) He cleans his apartment all the time.

14. What is the condition of the beds in the commune?
(a) They are crawling with bedbugs.
(b) They are straw mats on a hard floor.
(c) They are used by three or four people at once.
(d) They have no blankets against the cold nights.

15. What surrounds Henry on his walk on the Rue de Buci?
(a) Hotels and food
(b) Beggars asking for food
(c) Sidewalk food venders
(d) Police looking at him suspiciously

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the commune people get money for food?

2. What is Henry thinking about as he walks along the Champs-Elysee?

3. What deformity does Henry have in his fantasy at the cinema?

4. Where is Henry staying as the novel opens?

5. What is Henry's paranoia at Sylvester's house?

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